Thread-guiding device.



T. SAUER.

THREAD GUIDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION man JUNE 1:. 191a.

Patented Oct. 29, 1918.

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TECKLA SAUER, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR T0 DALLWIG DISTRIBUTING 00., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

THREAD-GUIDING- DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pattenbgdl (Jet, 29, 19118.

Application filed June 15, 1918. Serial No. 240,181.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TECKLA'SAUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Thread-Guiding Devices, of which the following is a specification. k

This invention relates to a thread guiding device for knitting, 'tatting, crocheting, and

on the form of device such as is shown and described in my prior Patent N 0. 1,235,605,

.granted August 7th, 1917.

In said patent I have shown a split metal band adapted to be applied over one of the fingers of one of the hands of the worker and provided with two slots to receive the thread being used by the worker, for guiding the same from the supply ball to the work, the thread passing between the band and the finger of the worker. It has been found that while such construction will accomplish the purpose for which it is designed, yet the thread in being drawn through the slot nearest the work is caused to pass at a. sharp bend over the edge of such slot, with the result that there is a likelihood of cutting the thread and thereby breaking the continuity thereof from the supply ball to the work. To avoid this I have raised up a portion of the metal band beyond one of the slots to form a hookshaped projection adapted to receive therebclow' the thread, and thus guide the latter over the band and into theslot next adjacent thereto. By such construction the thread, in being drawn from the supply ball to the work, passes over the top of the finger of the worker and is prevented from being displaced from beneath the hook by portions of the bandat the side thereof bent upward to provide a guideway for the thread. Manifestly, with such co struction the thread is guided in a more natural manner to the work, and furthermore is prevented from being displaced out of the angular slots in the band. Then again, by providing the hookshaped member or projection, my device .may be used for tatting, as in such work the thread is guided from the supply ball to the work through"the guideway formed by the hook or projection and making it unnecessary to pass the thread through the angular slots in the band.

The invention consists further in the matand is an improvement vided, between one of the ters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view of said thread guiding device applied to one of the fingers of one of the hands of aworker;

F ig. 2 is a perspective view of said device when removed from the hand;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of said device and showing. the hook-shaped member of my present inprovement;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line H of Fig. 3; and

F ig.- 5 is' a sectional view taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 4.

The improved thread guiding device as shown in the drawings comprises an annular band 5 of resilient metal transversely split, whereby it may be adjustably fitted about one of'the fingers of one of the hands of a worker. Said hand is provided with two slots 6, 6 extending transversely of the band and opening outward through the same side edge thereof as shown in the drawings. Said slots 6 terminate short of the opposite side edge of the band and have their inner ends 7 curved and directed backward toward the edge of the hand through which the outer ends of the slots open. Said band is proslots 6 and the ad jacent split edge thereof, with a hook-shaped member 8 located between the side edges of the band and extending transversely thereof. Said member 8 is joined at oneend with the body of the band and has the remaining portion thereof spaced radially outward from the band to provide a space 9, so that the thread 10 may be engaged beneath the member 8. Said member 8 is formed by cutting the same out of the body of the band, as shown in Fig. 3, and then is bent radially outward from the band, so as to provide the entrance way 9. At the inner end of the member 8, that is, the end where said member joins the body of the band, the latter is provided with two enlarged openings 11, 11 one on'each side of'the member 8 and opening into theslot formed in the band in the cuttingof the member-.8 therein, as shown 1n Fig. 3f Said openings 11 are provided to allow the thread 10 to pass freely beneath the hook 8, and the side edges 12 of the slot or opening provided in the body of the band in forming the tongue or hook 8 are projected radially outward a slight distance so till that the inner ends of said side edges will form shoulders to prevent the thread 10 from being accidentally displaced or pulled out of position beneath the inner end of the hook or tongue 8. The inner end of the latter being joined to the body of the band, forms the opposite side of the guideway for the thread 10. By reason of such construction, the thread in being drawn beneath the tongue or hook 8 is maintained in the guideway provided by the parts and is prevented from being accidentally withdrawn there from.

When my device is used as a thread guide for knitting and crocheting and other needlework of a like kind, the band 5 is placed over the end of the index finger of either the right or left hand of the worker, as the case requires, and the thread (herein indicated as 10) is drawn from the supply ball and inserted beneath the hook or tongue 8 until it comes into position in the guideway pro vided at such part and then threaded into and through the slots 6, 6 with the portion of the thread between the slots passing between the band and the finger upon which it is applied, as shown in Fig. 1. It follows, therefore, that in. drawing the thread from the ball to the work the thread is drawn over the top of the band and in the manner most naturally used by a worker doing this character of work. Moreover, the thread is drawn to the Work not through the slot 6 nearest the hook or tongue 8, but from the slot 6 farthest from said hook, with the result that the thread is not caused to pass at substantially right-angles over the relatively sharp edge of such slot, as would be the case should the thread be released from the hook 8 and be drawn to the work through the slot 6 nearest the hook. Manifestly, with my improved device the likelihood of cutting or raveling the thread in its assage thereover is rendered negligible. vision of the hook 8 serves to accurately guide the thread to the slots 6, 6, as the thread must pass through'a fixed guideway before entering the slots. Then again, the hook when the band is in use is usually positionedabove the finger, with the result that the strand of the thread from the supply ball to the band crosses the back of the hand and not in front of the hand, as would likely be the case should the hook not be used. Thus the remaining fingers of thehand may be used to handle the work and not be required to hold the strand of thread from the supply ball to the band in theback of the oreove-r, the prohand. The tension of the thread in being required to pass beneath the hook 8 is rendered more effective, as the thread has frictional engagement with the outside of the band, in addition to frictional engagement with the finger in passing from one slot 6 to the other. In tatting, the band 5 is preferably applied to the little finger of one of the hands of the worker, and the thread guided by either the hook or tongue 8 or the slots 6, 6, or both, as the case may require. The hook therefore provides a guideway for such kind of work and also other kinds of needle-work wherein the slots 6, 6 in the band would not be used. -VVhen tatting, the band 5 is applied to the finger of the hand in a reverse position to that shown in Fig. 1, so that the hook or tongue 8 will project inward toward the base of the finger, instead of outward toward the outer end of the finger, and thereby prevent the thread from being pulled out of the hook, as the pull on the thread in such kind of work is toward the inner end or base of the hook.

I claim as my invention:

1. A thread guiding device, comprising a band adapted to fit about a finger and provided with two slots open at and extending inwardly from one side of the band and having their inner ends directed toward each other, and said band having an integral portion partially cut from the same and being spaced outward from the body of the band to provide a hook to permit a thread to be engaged beneath the same.

2. A thread guiding device, comprising a transversely split resilient band adapted to fit about a finger and provided with two slots extending partially across the band with one end of each slot opening through one of the side edges of the band, and said band being provided in that portion thereof between one split end of the band and the adjacent slot with a member connected at one end with the band and having the remaining portion thereof spaced outwardly from the body of the band to provide a hook to permit a thread to be engaged beneath the same. a

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I afiiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 11th day of June, A. D. 1918.

v TEGKLA SAUER.

Witnesses LIBBY MILLER, L. D. Mason. 

